Has Matt Damon Lost His Passion for President Obama?
Hearing
Matt Damon say he was not a fan of President Barack Obama last week on CNN's 'Piers Morgan Tonight' may have come as a surprise to those who have followed the popular actor's liberal politics for the past few years.
In fact, Damon spent many days campaigning around the country for Obama when he was a presidential candidate in 2008. Together with his friend
Ben Affleck, Damon did talk shows, hosted events, gave interviews and allowed the Democratic Party to get as much mileage out of him as possible within the constraints of his busy work schedule.
When he canvassed the nation for Obama, Damon was impressed with the candidate's idealism and ambition to make significant change in areas like poverty, health care and education.
On those issues, Damon now believes President Obama has compromised too much.
He told Morgan, "Obama has misinterpreted his mandate and doubled down on a lot of things." The actor has also criticized the president on not finding an effective reform for Wall Street practices, and he is still waiting to hear the hows and whys of the troop buildup in Afghanistan.
Even though Damon still believes that the President is "brilliant" and a "deep thinker," he is especially upset over the state of world hunger.
"In his State of the Union speech, he didn't even say the word 'poverty,'" Damon, a spokesman for hunger relief organization Feeding America, told Morgan. "You've got millions of people languishing in it."
Now shooting the Cameron Crow film 'We Bought A Zoo,' where he plays a zookeeper, Damon would make an excellent political candidate himself if he weren't such a popular actor. He has said he is not interested in running for office, yet between his diversified acting roles, education and political activism, he could be a great asset should he ever reconsider.
Damon founded H20 African Foundation, the charity division of Running the Sahara, which merged with WaterPartners in 2009. He supports the ONE Campaign to fight AIDS and poverty in Third World countries, and he is an ambassador for OneXOne, a non-profit foundation that improves the lives of kids around the world.
But will he support President Obama for re-election in 2012? Stay tuned.
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Are you kidding me.. How can you say if he had the backing.. They are using Obama as a scapegoat.. He is going to take the fall for the other stupid democrats who have messed up this country!! I wish him all the luck in getting the USA where it needs to be.. Unfortunately for us he has a long way to go..
Matt need to focus more his immigrant wife then Obama.How many of her immigrant family has she brought to the USA.Can someone call the border patrol.
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I'm not a fan of Obama's, but I really don't get why these so-called "celebrities" get so much ink and air time on their political views. Does anyone really care what Matt Damon thinks about world affairs?
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He helped Obama to be a president, and now you are against him? Give me a breack!!.
It's because of the idiots like this in Hollywood that we are stuck with the POS. Stick to acting.
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Forget about world poverty, what about here at home!
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Obama has disappointed many people!
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This is where we have to remember Matt Damon from Team America...all he could do was say his name...
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HA HA; serves him right for backing the LOSER!!!! Anyone with a brain knew, right from the start, that Obama is a big fat liar. Matt Damon is a TROLL!!!!
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Name one perfect President......President Obama is still the better option when we look at Newt (the wife cheater) and Huckleberry who puts his foot in his fat mouth each time he opens it.
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Damon please man....just be quiet. The man is a lier and suit full of hot air and you and the rest of hollywierd have somewhat figured it out and it's taken you two whole years to get off the koolaid. Obummer is not brilliant or a deep thinker. That sir is absolute nonsense. He has people around him to tell him what kind of pretty lies to say. Wake up. This idiot is destroying our country. You need to start worrying about the people here that are hungry and not so much the ones overseas.I am sorry Matt that this bum has shattered your dreams and I realize since your a Harvard or whatever grad you simply have to save face by sticking to your guns by saying something like you think he is still "brilliant" and a "deep thinker".....riiiigghhhhtt. Maybe you should just campaign for the next president elect in the next year and a half or so. One that was really born here on US soil and actualy has executive experience and knows what the hell he is really doing.
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Al Franken Jr?
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Who cares what any actor says, Untill they donate half the wealth to a cause. Shut up and that goes for Micheal Moore double !!!!!!
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I noticed that he started all of these organizations to help children in other countries...where are the organizations to help the starving kids in America. Why can't he concentrate on the homefront before going to another country to aid them and then tell us that he doesn't approve of Obama's actions. I am not an Obama supporter but I am not going to help someone overseas and then criticize the state of my own country when I haven't done anything to change it.
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The stars that go inyo the 3rd world countries wanting their lifestyle to be the same as the USA is harmful. Who are we to say the african tribes need to have living standards like ours. There are Amazonian tribes that have no idea what is happening outside their world and how dare people like Matt go in and take away that innocence. Some of these indigenous tribes don't want to be brought into the modern world and with things the way they are I don't blame them. George Clooney in another one who's interferring in the natural progression. These tribes have done well without the help of these people, let them live as they've chosen to all these hundreds of years.
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someone needs to tell matt that the republican's
have blocked or obstructed obama every inch of the
way.
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Of couse they're blocking him. That's the only reason this country is not China yet. What do you want? An unlimited amount of borrowing to fund all of your welfare programs? Walker for President! And to Mark, Newt is a cheater? Bet you loved Billy Boy when he was prez. Of course he had reason. Have you seen Hillary?
It is almost a given that once Obama is fully in reelection mode, Damon and the rest of liberal Hollywood, will be behind Obama one more time. Unfortunately, the second time around, Obama will have a record and some "splaining to do" and being able to read from a teleprompter will not be enough.
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Jen, I agree. What about all those children waiting for a home here in the US. I wonder what they think when people adopt children from other countries instead of our own.
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You are a MORON
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